10 Awesome New Food Apps to Download Now

Food apps are perhaps the best use of technology today, besides Snapchatting with high-school students and playing Angry Birds during work meetings. Seriously, how the hell did we survive before Seamless? Or get reservations without OpenTable?

There’s an app for everything, from helping to solve the problem of what to cook for dinner, to converting measurements from liters to cups to pints. But now that the market’s flooded, it takes a little research to find the ones that will truly fuel your eating and drinking adventures, and those that will leave you out in the cold staring at a spinning wheel. Here, we take a look at 10 new food apps that are definitely worth downloading now.

Food apps are perhaps the best use of technology today, besides Snapchatting with high-school students and playing Angry Birds during work meetings. Seriously, how the hell did we survive before Seamless? Or get reservations without OpenTable?
There's an app for everything, from helping to solve the problem of what to cook for dinner, to converting measurements from liters to cups to pints. But now that the market's flooded, it takes a little research to find the ones that will truly fuel your eating and drinking adventures, and those that will leave you out in the cold staring at a spinning wheel. Here, we take a look at 10 new food apps that are definitely worth downloading now.

Chef's Feed

It’s essentially Yelp reviews by the people you wish would write Yelp reviews, a.k.a people who actually know what they’re talking about. Reputable chefs from across the globe choose and curate the best dishes at their favorite restaurants, which are then packaged neatly with professional photos of their picks. Users can keep track of which dishes they have eaten as well as “pin” dishes they would like to eat. You no longer have to be besties with a chef to get their insider scoop.
Available for: iOS currently
Price: Free
Get it here:iTunes

Pizza Compass

Pizza compass is quite literally a compass for pizza. The brainchild of Daniel Blackman, the app uses Four Square’s API and a Google Map overlay to help users find the nearest pizza joints. To discover which direction leads to which restaurant, simply spin the pizza slice—it'll then start steaming as you get closer to your destination. The well-designed app even lets users know which shops are currently open. It also comes with an excellent promo video. Pizza compass is one small step for smart phones, and one huge leap forward for drunk people everywhere.
Available for: iOS only currently, Android version coming soon.
Price: $0.99
Get it here:iTunes

Craft Beer New York

There is finally a properly curated guide dedicated to craft beer in NYC. Craft Beer New York will help users discover the best breweries, bars, and shops the five boroughs has to offer. The establishments were chosen and reviewed by beer writer and FWF columnist Joshua M. Bernstein, the man who authored Brewed Awakening. The app includes an interactive map and tips for what to drink and where to drink it. Beer nerds rejoice!
Available for: iOS, Android
Price: $1.99
Get it here:Craft Beer New York

Tab

The worst part about going to dinner with friends is splitting the bill at the end. There are always the chronic under-payers (you know who you are) and the dramatic monologues from those who pitch in two whole extra dollars. Tab is here to help users avoid that situation entirely—it’s as easy as snapping a picture of the receipt, tapping items to claim them, and letting the app calculate exactly how much is owed, tax and tip included. Boom. Cheap suckers can no longer be cheap.
Available for: iOS only currently, Android coming soon.
Price: Free
Get it here:Tab App

The Professional Chef by The Culinary Institute of America

Dubbed “the bible for all chefs,” this app essentially puts the lessons of an entire culinary school education at your fingertips. The app shows you, via detailed photos and videos, how to do everything from carving a roast duck to cooking various parts of a pig. While the price tag is definitely high, it’s cheaper than actually going to culinary school. Now you can Top Chef it up in the comfort of your own home, no pants required (but highly recommended).
Available for: iOS, both iPhone & iPad
Price: $49.99
Get it here:iTunes

Blush for Wine

Honestly, most people couldn't care less if their wine tastes like apricots grown in the Swiss Alps with hints of aged oak and unripe blackberries. They just want a bottle that tastes good, fits in a price range, and pairs well with a dish or occasion. Enter one of the better wine apps on the market: Blush for Wine. It gives users a wine recommendation based on their mood, then shows them where they can purchase a bottle. The app even remembers wine preferences for you, so when you can't remember the name of that ace vino, there’s a note somewhere a little more reliable than a drunken memory.
Available for: iOS only
Price: Free
Get it here:iTunes

Street Eats

Food trucks are great, but tracking them down can be a huge pain in the ass—you don't want your Twitter stream filled up with feeds from 25 trucks. There are various food truck aggregators out there to help solve this problem, but Street Eats has one of the better user interfaces, not only showing the location of various trucks, but also how long they will be at that location and where they're heading next. The app allows you to call or email food trucks you are interested in to order ahead or ask questions about the menu. The app works anywhere in the world where there are registered vendors. You can now rest soundly at night knowing that you will always be able to figure out the nearest place to get your Korean BBQ taco fix.
Available for: iOS only
Price: Free
Get it here:iTunes

Farmstand

This app makes eating seasonally and scoring the freshest produce a while lot easier. It uses your location to find the closest farmers’ markets, plus their hours of operations. Once a market has been selected, users can scroll through photos posted by friends and other users to see what’s available there. Essentially, Farmstand makes it easier to go to a farmer’s market than make a frozen pizza (well, not quite, but you get the point).
Available for: iOS only
Price: Free
Get it here: iTunes

Postmates

Postmates is literally next-level Seamless. Not only can users get food from restaurants delivered, but they can get essentially anything else delivered too, and in under an hour. Is it one of those days where it’s just too much effort to get toilet paper? Feeling like you need a snack too? Postmates will deliver everything you need via a vetted courier. You legitimately never have to leave your apartment again.
Available for: iOS
Price: Free to d/l app, fee for deliveries
Get it here: Postmates

Hoppit

Hoppit has been called the “Pandora for restaurants,” since it gives users recommendations based on mood and preferences. The suggestions also come with pictures of the establishment, along with menus, dishes, reviews, and the ability to make reservations. The app apparently has half a million restaurants in its system across the United States. It’s perfect for those nights when the foodiest of your friends makes reservations for an obscure plankton-tasting menu and you’re just not feeling it.
Available for: iOS, Android
Price: Free
Get it here:Hoppit